Marc Cherry

tv producer

Born:March 23, 1962

Birthplace:Los Angeles County, California

After Marc Cherry graduated from the theater program at California
State University, Fullerton, he considered a career in acting. However, in
1986, he decided to pursue writing. He moved to Hollywood after winning
$15,000 on The $100,000 Pyramid. His first break
was working as a personal assistant for Designing
Women’s Dixie Carter. By 1990 he was working as a writer and
producer for The Golden Girls.

In 2002, after a conversation with his mother, he was inspired to
create Desperate Housewives. The show premiered in
the fall of 2004 and was a huge hit for ABC. In 2006, Cherry was awarded
the Log Cabin Republican’s American Visibility Award for being a
well-known, respected gay writer / producer. Fun fact: Cherry played
himself in an episode of Arrested Development, a
show created by his Golden Girls co-writer Mitchell
Hurwitz.